Global Health Outcomes Director, Pipeline, ViiV Healthcare

The role is global and early pipeline. The role will be accountable for supporting and working with the commercial & medical cross-functional pipeline core team and R&D on the global strategy and delivery of value evidence for HIV assets/medicines. This role will work closely with the senior directors responsible for leading the overall strategic direction for the pipeline value evidence generation in HIV treatment and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Manage and support the implementation of key evidence generation activities of pipeline assets, including real world evidence (RWE), health economics modelling, COAs, burden/cost of illness studies and Early HTA advice. Ensure integration of strategy and health outcomes studies/data to support internal decision-making during product development of our pipeline assets and alignment with the TPPs. Responsibilities: To LEAD:

• GHO input into the Integrated Evidence Plan (IEP) through key interactions with the Integrated Evidence Team (IET) and the Early Development Teams for the different assets.
• GHO projects supporting the IEP, bringing required technical knowledge, and ensuring high quality of deliverables.
• Specific projects, and collaborations (including GSK) involved in value evidence generation, including functions such as commercial, R&D, epidemiology, statistics, clinical, medical affairs and medical sciences. Specific projects could include Clinical Outcome Assessments, Patient Preference, Early Health Economics Modelling, Early HTA Advice, Real World Evidence and strategic engagement with R&D colleagues
• External collaborations and scientific evidence requirements with reimbursement bodies, decision makers (e.g. formal scientific advice) and Key Opinion Leaders.
To PARTNER:
• Working closely with many stakeholders including Global and Regional Medical and Commercial Leads and team members, Market Access, Government Affairs, Medicine & Early Development teams, Epidemiology/RWE, Implementation Sciences, Clinical Scientists etc. Areas for partnership will include:
+ Clinical trial design in alignment with stakeholder insights and the IEP. + Cross functional engagement to ensure evidence generation activities are mapped out and operationalised within the appropriate timeframes required + Working with commercial, market access, patient-aligned roles and other colleagues to gain insights into evidence generation requirements. To DELIVER:
• The health outcomes specific activities as defined in the IEP (economic modelling, RWE projects, evidence synthesis, COA strategy and activities, etc) ensuring the scientific robustness of the study protocol, study execution, analyses, and reporting. This will require collaboration with CROs and GSK clinical operations and decentralised clinical trial (DCT) team.
• Ensure payer insights are captured globally and ensure they are effectively prioritised in evidence generation.
• GHO input to regulatory documents with accuracy and scientific integrity.
• Impactful publications and downstream activities, including supporting the medical, commercial and government affairs teams with communication materials and training to ensure optimal dissemination of the evidence.
• Compliance with necessary regulations for quality and disclosure.
• Accountable for tracking and managing budgets within the scope of the role.
  
  We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
• Masters degree or higher in health outcomes, health economics, epidemiology, pharmacy, health or life sciences.
• Significant experience in health outcomes or an aligned discipline/function, with examples of how the work produced was applied and produced impact for the company business / portfolio / asset.
• Pharmaceutical experience that includes drug development and/or and launch experience supported with value evidence generation. Solid understanding of the landscape and dynamics across the key geo regions that we work with - and a drive to proactive seek new information, monitor changes, with the opportunistic approach.
• Strong technical knowledge in key areas including economic modelling and observational studies, and RWE and COA, and a continuous proactive search of evolving methodologies in application to strategic objectives of the team.
Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
• Doctorate level (e.g. PhD, Pharm D) or higher-level degree with commensurate industry and business qualification.
• Experience in HIV/Infectious Diseases.
• Global R&D and/or LOC experience.
• Networking, communication and influencing skills to work effectively in a complex matrix environment.
• Leadership, networking, communication and influencing skills to work effectively in a sophisticated and multi-cultural matrix environment. This role requires credibility and personal authority, to work with senior partners to develop and implement evidence generation strategies that will meet decision makers' needs.
• Self-motivated ownership and accountability for projects, to move them forward, and deliver with minimal supervision.
• Confident verbal and written communication skills. Ability of proactive engagement, negotiation and networking skills. Ability to distil complex data into appropriate communication packages for wide variety of internal/external audiences.
• Strong critical thinking and ability to see and critically assess opportunities.
• Role requires credibility and personal authority, to bring a depth and breadth of experience to address external environmental challenges and develop evidence generation strategies that will meet decision makers' needs.
  
  ViiV Healthcare is a global specialist HIV company combining the HIV expertise of GSK, Pfizer, and Shionogi. ViiV is 100% dedicated to HIV medicines and research, and completely focused on people affected by HIV/AIDS. We have a broad portfolio of antiretroviral medicines, an industry-leading pipeline.
ViiV Healthcare's global HQ is based in the offices of GSK, its largest shareholder, in the heart of London at Tottenham Court Road. It has established a presence in 16 countries and works closely with GSK to distribute HIV medicines elsewhere in the world. We are uniquely positioned to be at the forefront of advancing HIV treatment and care because we are the only pharmaceutical company that is 100% passionate about HIV. As part of the Research & Development and Global Medical Group (RDGM), the Global Health Outcomes (GHO) team is key in furthering the RDGM vision: Dedicated to delivering innovative HIV medicines, leaving no person living with HIV behind. ViiV GHO is seeking a Global Health Outcomes Director to support on our HIV pipeline activities. The pipeline requires significant health outcomes input given our expertise in evidence generation, reimbursement activities, modelling and Clinical Outcomes Assessments (COAs). The current role will provide health outcomes support for various pipeline assets that are being developed for treatment and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)., At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. Until the 39 million people living with HIV is down to zero, we will continue searching for new ways to limit the impact of HIV. We are the only pharmaceutical company solely focused on combating, preventing, and ultimately eradicating HIV and AIDS. At ViiV Healthcare, we do things differently. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, we are determined to help end the HIV epidemic. We are guided by our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind and it is this mission that unites our employees located across the globe. We combine expertise in research, manufacturing, policy and more to push the boundaries of what people think is possible in HIV treatment and care. As a result of our connection with GSK, we are able to draw on their proud history and resources. This means that you would receive all the employee benefits offered by GSK. Living our mission of leaving no person living with HIV behind means keeping inclusion and diversity at the heart of everything we do - from our breakthrough innovation, to our diverse portfolio of medicines as well as the work we do to partner with HIV communities. Having a diverse team and a truly inclusive culture where we're all able to be ourselves and feel like we belong will make us an even stronger team, better able to perform as a business and deliver on our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind. ViiV is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class. Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies ViiV does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact ViiV's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to ViiV. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and ViiV. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of ViiV. ViiV shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, ViiV may be required to capture and report expenses ViiV incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure ViiV's compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit ViiV's Transparency Reporting For the Record site.

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